China,
Singapore (and W.H.O.) endorse quarantine measures over SARSHong Kong has been battling a wildfire the rapid
spread of the disease for two weeks. The quarantine announced
Friday applies to 1,080 people who had close contact with those
infected by the disease. Nearly 1,000 other people who had social
contact with infected patients will undergo surveillance.

Penalties for breaking domestic quarantine include a fine
of 5,000 Hong Kong dollars (about $640) , obligatory confinement
and six months in prison. The Hong Kong measures came a day after
Singapore undertook similar moves. http://www.iht.com/articles/91278.html

Massive
quarantine if terror strikes UKDefense officials say a 7,000-strong
civil contingency reaction force would have the option of
carrying arms. Drawn from military reserve forces, primarily the
Territorial Army, 500-strong forces would be deployed at 14
centers across the UK. http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=30225

States
work on secret plans for massive quarantinesProfessor
Lawrence Gostin, director of the Center for Law and the
Publics Health at Georgetown University Law School, said
there are huge logistical problems with a quarantine,
not to mention the civil liberties implications of taking
away peoples liberties en masse.Asked whether he can envision troops
being called in to enforce a quarantine after an outbreak, Gostin
answered, Sure

Indeed, the National Guard could be
called in to set up roadblocks, as the Yugoslav government did
when a smallpox epidemic broke out in that country in 1972

Impact :Suspension of large public gatherings.Closing of public places.
Restriction of travel.
"Cordon sanitaire," a line around a quarantined area
guarded to prevent spread of disease by restricting passage into
and out of the area.http://www.msnbc.com/news/842198.asp?0cl=cR

Feds
Prepare for bioterrorism Quarantine
airline passengers siezed for 17 days ????ATLANTA (AP) - Federal health officials are
quietly making plans for quarantining Americans who might
be exposed to a highly contagious smallpox patient,
addressing sensitive questions ofhow to hold people, possibly against
their will, in case of a bioterror attack.The planning, still in draft form, addresses
complex logistical and policy questions, including
where people would be keptwhile
waiting for officials to confirm a smallpox
case and, if necessary, administer vaccinations.http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&514&e=18&u=/ap/20020708/ap_on_he_me/smallpox_2

CDC Atlanta issues States
to take total control in event of epidemicsModel State EHPA [Emergency Health Powers Act
].......quarantines, lockdownsWASHINGTON -- In the event of a bio-terrorist
attack using a deadly and contagious disease such as smallpox,
public health officials want to be able to
close roads and airports, herd people into stadiums, and, if
necessary, quarantine entire infected cities. http://www.freep.com/news/nw/terror2001/quar7_20011107.htm

Bioweapons Labs across
America...lethal
Project Bio-ShieldA network of high-security laboratories for
storing and investigating some of the most lethal viruses known
to mankind is being built across the US, leaving communities in
uproar. They not only fear the risk of the viruses escaping, but
also contend that the programme, part of the $6bn (£3.5bn) Project
BioShield, is a stunning case of overkill. For none
of the germs to be studied is related to bioweaponry.http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=419946

LEGISLATION, Government and the Military
Dr. Big Brother... Pentegon to have "medical surveillance
system "Washington and three other cities will get a
Pentagon-backed experimental "medical surveillance
system" this fall and winter to track diseases in the hope
of identifying a biological attack before it causes an epidemic.The system will cobble together environmental
monitors that will sample the air for biological agents, and
software to collect data from pharmacies, hospitals and doctors'
offices and send it to a central system that will search for
"spikes" of unusual symptoms......

Bioterrorism and you...by Hardy and McNulty
What is actually certain is that governmental preparations are
proceeding in a backward fashion. That is to say, in any CBN
(chemical/biological/nuclear) emergency, the first persons at the
scene will be ordinary citizens. Their
on-the-spot reactions will be the primary determinant of how many
people die or are injured. Local responders will
be on the scene within minutes or hours, and will play the
secondary role, striving to save those already exposed. Federal
responders will not begin to arrive until hours or days
after the event, in time to provide food for the living and body
bags for the dead.
Common sense, therefore, would suggest that high
priority be given to increasing the preparedness of the
citizenry, since they will play by far the greatest role in
reducing the potential death toll. http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=25954

Bush to appropriate 27 Billion to Nat'l Institute of Health [ NIH ] Some of the money will be used to construct a new
bioterrorism research building on NIH's Bethesda
campus. In addition, high-security labs for research on extremely
infectious organisms will be built in Frederick
and at the institute'sRocky Mountain Laboratories in Hamilton, Mont.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40518-2002Jan25.html

U.S.
refuses to sign germ-warfare treatyThe White House must understand
that if it goes ahead and rejects the protocol, it will be
throwing away an opportunity to improve the United States
ability to combat biological weapons proliferation and that
another chance such as this will not likely come any time
soon, Seth Brugger,
the managing editor of Arms Control Today,
said. Other experts blame the Clinton Administration, which took
part in drawing up the draft protocol, for failing to negotiate a
tougher formula and allowing Europe to take the initiative.http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,3-2001251883,00.html

GLOBAL
HEALTH PLANWHO [ World Health Org ]
wants vaccine for AIDS, TB and malariaThe report is being released at the World
Economic Forum, whose annual meeting is
being held this weekend in New York. The forum has many
representatives from large corporations and non-governmental
organizations -- both of which have major roles, as donors and as
providers of services, in the WHO's scheme for increasing
treatment of the three diseases.

3
Iraqi terrorist ships at large (loaded with toxic warfare)Despite grave suspicions of what is on board, Britain and
the US are afraid to order interception by naval ships because of
fears the crews would scuttle the vessels, each between 35,000
and 40,000 tonnes. If they are carrying chemical, biological or
nuclear weapons this could cause catastrophic environmental
damagehttp://www.thisislondon.com/news/articles/3453118?source=Evening%20Standard
Rev. 8: 8, 9... "And the second angel sounded, and as it
were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea:
and the third part of the sea became blood;
And a third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had
life, died;
and the third part of the ships were destroyed."